PO1 1BS House Prices & Local Information

PO1 1BS is an up-and-coming urban area located 0.4km from Guildhall in Portsmouth. Administratively it sits within Charles Dickens ward and the Portsmouth South constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, PO1 1BS is these neighbourhoods are mainly comprised of flats, interspersed with occasional detached, semi-detached or terraced houses. there are many families with children, and marriage and civil partnership is less common than in the group as a whole. rates of use of english as the main language are slightly lower than group average and residents are less likely to be affiliated with any religion. there are more students and there is slightly higher unemployment than elsewhere in the group. employment is heavily skewed towards the provision of routine services. The daytime character shifts — large schools, colleges, and universities, nationally widespread. The 36 average age reflects a mixed, mid-career community — settling down but not yet slowing down. 80% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 17% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 132 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for PO1 1BS are sourced from Output Area E00086052 (shared with 18 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.